thalassemia minor

noun

: a mild form of thalassemia associated with the heterozygous condition for the gene involved

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New Latin, lesser thalassemia

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1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of thalassemia minor was in 1944

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thalassemia minor

noun

: a mild form of thalassemia associated with the heterozygous condition for the gene involved

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